Re: [PATCH] staging: line6: toneport.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

From: Stefan Hajnoczi
Date: Mon Dec 22 2014 - 02:34:37 EST


On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Rickard Strandqvist
<rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The NULL check was done to late, and there it was a risk
> of a possible null pointer dereference.
>
> This was partially found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c | 15 ++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxx>
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